Publications


Nope Fun is the publication arm of my practice where I edit, design and publishes for others and myself. For any enquiries, please contact me at “hello@leechangming.com”.



comfort book for nervous children

by Lee Chang Ming, Dennese Victoria

comfort book for nervous children is a collaboration between Lee Chang Ming and Dennese Victoria. The photos were taken by Lee over the past decade — fragments of memories with friends, traces of feelings and small moments he wanted to hold on to. The photos were passed to Victoria without much context, who provided a textual response that weaves together fiction, poetry, and an open-ended narrative.

This publication was created as the third part of Conversations, a project by Lee Chang Ming for Objectifs’ programme Site Unseen. Conversations explores the relationship between photography, text, and subjectivity. By inviting collaborators to start “conversations” with his photographs, Lee hopes to explore the malleability of the meanings that photographs can have, and what new meanings can emerge when we remove text or add unexpected kinds of words.
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Edition of 50
102 pages full colour
14.8 x 21 cm, Perfect Bound
Soft Cover: 170gsm Maple Bright
Body 80gsm Maple Bright

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Virtue & Virility

by Lee Chang Ming

Virtue & Virility presents a series of images and quotes taken from various gay networking mobile apps. The quotes are taken from the “about me” sections where individuals can introduce themselves. The project seeks to highlight the intriguing ways gay men choose to present themselves in virtual space through photography and text, and looks at questions of masculinity, sexuality and self-portrayal.  

The self-portraits underscore perceived societal ideals of masculinity and sexual desirability; yet their anonymity also depicts an underlying concern of privacy and stigma for promiscuously found even within the domain of queer spaces.
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Published by Nope Fun
Second edition of 50
32 pages
Risograph printed 1 colour (black)
A6: Saddle stitched
Soft Cover: 135 gsm (Candy Pink)
Body: 100gsm (White)

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Beneath the Bodhi & Banyan

by Chu Hao Pei, Lee Chang Ming

This project raises questions surrounding these tree shrines: How did these tree shrines come about? Who removes these tree shrines? And why are they removed?
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Published by Nope Fun
Edition of 50
44 pages, full colour
A5: Saddle stitched
Soft Cover: 250gsm matte art card
Body: 100gsm wood free paper

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The Universal Mundane

by Lee Chang Ming

The Universal Mundane is a search for simplicity and beauty in everyday moments.
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Published by Nope Fun
Second edition of 50
Hand numbered and signed
40 pages full-colour
A5: Saddle stitched
Soft Cover: 260 gsm
Body: 100gsm woodfree

[Available at Knuckles & Notch physical shop.]





Catalan Footballers

by Lee Chang Ming

Who has the power to decide what the image means: the viewer or the creator? How does the medium of photography affect our act of remembering and interpreting the past?  

Featuring a collection of found images of Catalan footballers from the 1960s.
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Published by Nope Fun
Second edition of 50
Hand numbered and signed
16 pages
Risograph printed 1 colour (blue)
A5: Thread binding
Soft Cover: 140gsm (Off-white)
Body: 100gsm (Off-white)

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Duet

By Lee Chang Ming

The work can either be read as a zine or opened up to reveal a single image on the reverse side. The work's two states conflict: presenting a dialogue between its physical structure and printed content.
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Published by Nope Fun
First edition of 20
Hand numbered and signed
8 pages
Risograph printed 4 colour
A6 folded zine / A3 open size

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Staircases

By Khiev Kanel

Staircases looks at the White Building in Phonm Penh, Cambodia, which has since been demolished to make way for a casino. The seemingly unassuming site raises questions of capitalism, urban development, socioeconomics and geopolitics.

Against the backdrop of rapid development and influx of capital from foreign and local sources, Kanel Khiev’s photographs bear witness to the unrelenting changes and its effect on the place and its people.
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Published by Nope Fun
Design by Lee Chang Ming
First edition of 100
Printed in 2019 in Singapore
48 pages
A5: Saddle stitched
Cover: 260gsm (woodfree)
Body: 100gsm (woodfree)
Binding: Saddle stitch

[Available at Knuckles & Notch physical shop.]





Stocklists


Selected publications available at each location.


Kubrick bookshop
Shop H2, Cinema Block, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public square street, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
香港九龍油麻地眾坊街3號駿發花園H2地舖
www.kubrick.com.hk/


pon ding 朋丁
No. 6, Lane 53, Section 1, Zhongshan North Roard, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 10441, Taiwan
台北市中山區中山北路一段53巷6號
pon-ding.com 


Kteam / HEADQUATERS
小町 2-7-34 小町ビル2F, Kamakura, Japan
www.hqkamakura.com


Vacilando Bookshop
587 Maitri Chit Rd, Pom Prap, Pom Prap Sattru Phai Bangkok, Thailand 10100
www.instagram.com/vacilandobookshop/ 


Knuckles & Notch
261 Waterloo St, #02-25, Singapore 180261
knucklesandnotch.com


Objectifs - Centre for Photography & Film
155 Middle Rd, Singapore 188977
www.objectifs.com.sg/shop 


Thing Books
Singapore (online store)
thingbooks.shop


Unobtainium
Indonesia (online store)
unobtainium-photobook.com


Catfish Books
United Kingdom (online store)
www.catfish.asia/





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